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Acrodyne Industriesacro
announced after the market close that the company's chief financial officer Ronald R. Lanchoney will resign "to pursue other personal interests," effective today. Acrodyne Industries, the maker of television broadcast equipment, is a the operating subsidiary of Acrodyne Communications. Shares closed off 5/32 at 4 1/16.

Active Voice Corp.
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shares slumped 61 percent Friday after the company warned that it will post an unexpected loss in the fourth quarter. The reason: a fall-off in year 2000-related business. The company said it will lose 50 to 70 cents a share. Analysts polled by First Call expect a profit of 16 cents. The stock fell 39 13/16 to close at 25 3/16. See Screamers.

America Onlineaol
announced after the closing bell that Monster.com has its "full commitment." The statement comes after rival HotJobs.com
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said a judge issued an injunction against AOL
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using TMP's Monster.com. That clears the way for HotJobs to offer its job search function to AOL's 21 million subscribers, HotJobs said. HotJobs, which is smaller than Monster.com, filed the suit in December and got an injunction on March 8. "Whatever the ultimate result of HotJobs.com's dispute with Digital City, AOL remains committed to its strategic relationship with Monster.com," AOL said in an evening release. AOL stock gained 2 1/4 to close at 64 1/4, HotJobs gained 9/16 at 30 5/8 and TMP
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rose 1 7/16 to 76 7/8. They weren't active in the evening session.

Applied Materials AMAT, -2.08%
shares moved up 9 percent after Credit Suisse First Boston raised its split-adjusted price target on the shares to $125 from $112, citing strong second-quarter bookings. Shares of the chip equipment manufacturer traded up 7 59/64 to close at 95 55/64. See Silicon Stocks.

BoeingBA, +0.59%
shares climbed 4.5 percent after the company reached a tentative agreement with striking engineers and technical workers that could end a 38-day lockout. S.G. Cowen boosted the stock's rating to "strong buy" from "buy." Shares improved 1 9/16 to 37 3/16.

3Comcoms
shares powered up 5.4 percent after a New York Times report said that the company may spin off another unit due to slow growth in its networking systems business. 3Com is set to make a major announcement at an analyst conference in New York on Monday. Shares added 3 1/2 to 68. See full story.

After the market close, Digimarc Corp.DMRC, +0.00%
said it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a secondary offering of 3 million shares. Digimarc shares closed up 9/16 to close at 65 1/16.

Shares of Exodus Communicationsexds
gained 8 percent after the Web hosting company received positive comments from two investment banks. Credit Suisse First Boston analyst Tim Newington said that Exodus is "well positioned to be the dominant player in this space." Shares added 11 3/16 to 151 1/4. See Net Stocks.

Fairchild Semiconductor FCS, +0.23%
shares advanced 16 percent after the company's chief executive Kirk Pond said first-quarter sales will be more than twice last year's level. He made the comments at a CS First Boston conference. He didn't say how the sales would hit the bottom line. Analysts expect earnings of 35 cents per share. Shares added 5 to 36 7/8.

KomagKMAG, +900.00%
shares soared 26 percent after the company announced that unit shipments in the first quarter will exceed previous estimates. The disk-drive maker expects quarterly shipments to increase 12 to 18 percent, after a flat quarter-to-quarter projection reported on January 25. Komag also revised fourth-quarter earnings to $5.9 million, or 9 cents a share, up from a loss of 32 cents a share reported in January. Komag cited strong shipment demand and low production costs, with demand expected to continue into the second quarter. The Disk Drive Index
$ddx
is up 6.2 percent. Komag shares rose 1 to 4 13/16. See full story.

VivusVVUS, +0.71%
shares gained 10 percent after the company announced that it was awarded a patent for oral administration of a treatment for premature ejaculation in men. Shares of the Mountain View, Calif. -based company rose 27/32 to 9 9/16. See full story.

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